Stie's Thoughts

My feelings these days are tender ones.
I am in a place I have been before, one that is unfamiliar, yet strangely recognizable.  A place full of busyness and long to-do lists.  A place of shopping for suits, white shirts, luggage, and vitamins.  A place that will end with a tearful goodbye...

The other night, the Husband and I were catching up after a long day for both of us.  Work has been particularly hard lately for him and his firm is facing some challenges that make his work life tough.  It will ultimately be a good thing in the end...

The past few years have kind of kicked my trash, and the past year has nearly buried me.
Four years ago, we moved to Texas, and left behind a support network that felt like family.  I watched my children struggle, feel alone, and come to know a new, damaging kind of loneliness.  The kind that stays with you and leaves a mark.  I, myself...

We arrive at the airport with plenty of time - a byproduct of my nervous energy when it comes to travel by air.  I am paranoid and neurotic, and it drives my husband crazy.  He humors me, and as a token of his affection, we are there earlier than he...